Sybrina Fulton was in Tallahassee calling on lawmakers to repeal the controversial Stand Your Ground legislation.

"How many times are we going to bury our loved ones and not do anything about it," Fulton said. "It is important that we do something about this law. As a parent, I just don't quite understand how someone can be a make-believe cop, pursue my son, who had every right to be in that neighborhood, chase him, get in a confrontation with him, shoot and kill him and not be arrested. Something has to be done."

George Zimmerman is accused of following and then shooting Trayvon Martin Feb. 26. Zimmerman has said he shot Martin in self-defense even though the teenager was unarmed.

A task force on citizen safety formed by Gov. Rick Scott spent half of 2012 taking testimony across the state. The task force recommended that no major changes be made.

"They (the task force) had a job to do and they failed their job. At this point we've been waiting for far too long and seen too many cities to watch this dog and pony show go around the state to come up with no recommendations," said Sen. Dwight Bullard. "So we're taking a proactive stance right now, here and now in the state of Florida, to say that the law is an unjust law. What it is, is legalized vigilantism and we can no longer as a state stand for this."

Rep. Alan Williams and Bullard called for a repeal for of the law.

"These tragedies renew the argument that Stand Your Ground laws make ordinary citizens feel empowered to shoot first and ask questions later, boosting murder rates and justifiable homicide claims, muddling prosecutions and putting individuals that people too often presume to be a threat and particular peril," Williams said.

The sponsor of Stand Your Ground, Rep. Dennis Baxley of Ocala, said his sympathy went out to Martin’s parents, but his death hasn’t convinced him the law needs changing.

In mid- to late April, Zimmerman will argue he stood his ground, but if a judge fails to agree he will face a second-degree murder trial in June.

Florida was the first state to enact legislation saying people do not have a duty to retreat. Thirty-five other states have since followed suit.